1. Prosecutors announced today that they have filed criminal charges against six Baltimore cops in the killing of Freddie Gray, the AP reports (via SFGate). Gray’s death has prompted anti-police violence protests and riots in Baltimore and other cities. The six police officers are charged with crimes ranging from false imprisonment to second-degree murder. State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby also said that police had illegally arrested Gray and detained him unlawfully before the young Black man suffered a fatal spinal injury.

4. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf unveiled her two-year budget plan, calling for increased spending on police, the Trib$ reports. Schaaf is proposing to increase the number of cops on the force to 762 in two years, and 800 by the end of her four-year term. Schaaf also is proposing to expand the city’s violence prevention program — Ceasefire.

5. Governor Jerry Brown made it official yesterday: He is jettisoning a sweeping plan to restore delta habitat, and instead will focus on building two giant water tunnels to ship water from Northern California to the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California, the SacBee$ reports. Environmental groups immediately criticized the governor’s proposal.

7. Oakland teachers voted to authorize a strike during the 2015–16 school year if the union cannot reach a contract agreement with the school district, the Chron reports. Oakland teachers are the lowest paid in Alameda County.

9. San Francisco’s minimum wage rose to $12.25 an hour today — matching that of Oakland for the highest in the state, the Chron$ reports. Women and minorities are expected to gain the most from the wage hike.

10. And the Bay Area News Group won a landmark court decision that forces the state legislature to hand over the official daily calendars of two ex-state Senators accused of public corruption. The legislature had maintained that the calendars were confidential.